Section 3035.340  Eligibility Requirements

a)         Each applicant must be a resident of Illinois and a citizen of the United States or its territories.

b)         Each applicant must have received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (with a transcript of all academic work submitted to the Illinois State Library).

c)         Each applicant must be accepted at a graduate library school accredited by the American Library Association.

d)         Each applicant must agree to sign an agreement with the State of Illinois, Illinois State Library, consenting to spend the equivalent of two years in full-time Illinois library service within the first three years following graduation from graduate library school.  Service must be in ILLINET library, Illinois library system or at the Illinois State Library.

e)         Each applicant must not have commenced graduate study for the master's of library and information science.